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The Hinds County Gazette press, known as the No. 3 Washington Press, was purchased in New Orleans in 1858, immediately following the “Big Fire” in Raymond. Except from May 1863- September 1865, the Press operated continually for 22 years and, contrary to myth, was not thrown in the town’s well by the Yankees. Since May […]
Pvt. George John Yetter: The Final Letter by Rebecca Blackwell Drake George Yetter’s final letter home was written in his native German. Translation to English was difficult since many of his words have no counterpart in English. Civil War records spell Yetter’s name as Jetter due to the German pronunciation. George John Yetter was born […]
Pvt. William McMills: Texas Soldier Remembered By Rebecca Blackwell Drake On January 31, 2003, William McMills, 7th Texas Infantry, was memorialized at the Raymond Confederate Cemetery with a headstone bearing his name and regiment. McMills was one of the 41 members of the 7th Texas Infantry who was killed May 12, 1863, during the Battle […]
BATTLE OF RAYMOND: The Boy Wore Gray by Rebecca Blackwell Drake December 1905 issue of the Confederate Veteran featured a lengthy article on the 10th Tennessee Infantry by Patrick Griffin. The boy, Frank Herron of Tennessee, was fifteen years old when the 3rd Tennessee Infantry marched into Raymond, Mississippi in May of 1863. He proudly […]
A Misleading Headstone Leads to the Search for General Hiram B. Granbury By Jane Embrose Granberry Descendant Several months ago I discovered a picture of a headstone listing one of my relatives as a Brig. Gen. in the Civil War. This headstone was originally placed in Columbia, TN in 1864/1865 stating “H.B. Granberry of the […]
“General Sherman came over from his camp to meet his wife and daughter who were arriving from Ohio. We were invited into a tent where he was visiting with another general. General Sherman’s ‘stock’ cravat [necktie] worried him. He took it off and was awkwardly trying to arrange it. I quite naturally held out my […]
Researching the 7th Texas Infantry Special Release Friends of Raymond February 7, 2002 Friends of Raymond, and the Austin Civil War Roundtable are excited. Within the year, members of the Roundtable will be arriving in Raymond with the first monument to be erected on the Raymond battlefield. The monument will be in memory of the […]
Patrick Griffin, in His Own Words, in the Spring of 1905 Patrick Griffin, 1905, speech to a meeting of Frank Cheatham Camp of the Confederate Veterans of America, at Nashville, Tennessee. Mr. President, Ladies and Comrades. It is hardly fair to ask a fellow to relate a reminiscence in which he takes such a prominent […]
Dr. John Craven: The Confederate Patient by Rebecca Blackwell Drake On May 24, 1865, a young Union officer, Lt. Colonel John Craven, walked into Jefferson Davis’ cell at Fort Monroe and began a medical evaluation of the new prisoner. What he saw was a sad sight. “I’m Dr. Craven,” he said introducing himself, “I’ve been […]
WAR TIMES: Recollections of Raymond Eye witness account of the Battle of Raymond, Letita Dabney by Rebecca Blackwell Drake Judge Augustine Dabney and his wife, Elizabeth, lived in Raymond during the war years. Augustine was a well-known lawyer in town. He also helped to establish St. Marks Episcopal Church. He was the father of ten […]
Pvt. H. K. Nelson 41st Tennessee Infantry Battle of Raymond Confederate Veteran Magazine, January 1904, Volume 12, No. I General John Gregg’s Brigade was composed of the Third, Tenth, Thirtieth, Forty-First, Fiftieth, and First Battalion of Tennessee Infantry, and the Seventh Texas, General Gregg’s old Regiment. It left Port Hudson, La., on May 2, 1863, […]
The Exploits of Patrick Griffin: “The Great Escape” By Rebecca Blackwell Drake Patrick Griffin was a child soldier when he joined the Sons of Erin, Nashville, and left for war. During his first year as a Confederate solider he ended up in prison at Camp Douglas. The next year found him fighting on the battlefield […]
Frank Herron 3rd Tennessee Infantry Reminiscences of the Boys in Gray 1861-1865 Compiled by Miss Mamie Yeary, McGregor, Texas, Morningside Publishing Company, 1912 FRANK HERRON, Graham, Texas – Born Feb. 29,1843, at West Point, Tenn. Enlisted in the Confederate Army in May, 1862, at Lawrenceburg, Tenn., as private in Company K, Third Tennessee Infantry, Gen. […]
